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Groce, Nora Ellen; Bakhshi, Parul – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2011
In the early 1990s, UNESCO estimated that perhaps 97% of the world's 650 million disabled persons were unable to read or write, leading to significant efforts throughout the developing world to ensure that all children with disabilities attended school through "inclusive education" programmes. But what of the vast majority of persons with…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Illiteracy, Disabilities, Adolescents
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Dos Santos, Wildson L. P. – Science Education, 2009
In this article, a rationale for advancing a new idea in humanistic science education is developed from a Paulo Freire perspective. Paulo Freire developed a well-known approach to adult literacy based on his humanistic ideas through the dialogical process. From Freirean educational principles, the idea unfolds that a Freirean humanistic science…
Descriptors: Educational Principles, Scientific Literacy, Adult Literacy, Science Education
Harwood, Chris – Canadian Literacy and Learning Network, 2012
This "Pan-Canadian Snapshot" explores the competencies needed to work with adults participating in Literacy and/or Essential Skills (L/ES) programs in Canada. The purpose of the "Snapshot" is to: (1) lay a foundation from which to explore the topic of professionalism; (2) identify the types of supports that the L/ES workforce…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Profiles, Basic Skills, Professional Identity
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Bickerstaff, Susan – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2012
While a long tradition of sociocultural literacy research suggests that out-of-school youth engage in a range of meaningful literacy practices, we know little about how programs for returning students foster or constrain students' literate identities. Drawing on data from a qualitative study conducted in a community college-based program for…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Literacy, Out of School Youth, Academic Discourse
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Tomlinson, Elizabeth C. – Community Literacy Journal, 2010
This study uses fieldwork to investigate the sponsorship of legal literacy within a court mediation program. This examination of institutional involvement in literacy sponsorship demonstrates the ideological nature of literacy by showing the importance of context, investigating literacy-based relationships, and uncovering the intertwined nature of…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Adult Literacy, Information Literacy, Courts
Roehrig, Lucy – Library Journal, 2010
According to the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy, it is estimated that 93 million adults in the United States have basic or below basic literacy skills. Those individuals found most lacking in literacy skills were adults living in poverty, adults lacking a high school diploma, seniors and the elderly aged 65 and older, the more than one…
Descriptors: Job Search Methods, Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, Audiovisual Aids
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Fulford, Amanda – Educational Theory, 2010
In this essay Amanda Fulford examines the subject of inter-cultural understanding from two perspectives: first, through considering Naoko Saito's exploration of translation and inter-/intra-cultural understanding, and second, through a discussion of work from the field of literacy studies, in particular the New London Group's "pedagogy of…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Literacy Education, Cultural Awareness, Adult Literacy
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Burgess, Amy – Ethnography and Education, 2010
This paper uncovers the dynamics of the twin processes of the construction of identity and the contextualisation of learning in adult literacy education by documenting the spatial practices of students and tutors. The paper mobilises the concepts of localising and globalising activities to make two interrelated arguments. Firstly, analysis of…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Adult Students, Adult Literacy, Scientific Concepts
Li, Xiaofan – Online Submission, 2011
Adult literacy is a long-lasting issue in modern US and adult literacy education often falls off the radar of the support system for education. This study examined and synthesized extensive literature relevant to adult literacy education with a focus on minorities in the US. It identified progresses and challenges in three major issues in adult…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Adult Literacy, Minority Groups, Adult Basic Education
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Hamilton, Mary; Pitt, Kathy – Reading Research Quarterly, 2011
This article addresses the question, How do changes in policy discourses shape public representations of literacy learners and the goals of adult literacy education? It examines specifically how the agency of adult literacy learners is constructed. We carry out a critical discourse analysis of two key adult literacy policy documents from the U.K.:…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Literacy, Literacy Education, Criticism
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Kolawole, Oluwatoyin Dare – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2011
The paper reports the outcome of a funded non-formal, functional adult literacy project embarked upon in the university-based "Isoya" rural development programme area in south-western Nigeria from 2005-2007. It specifically presents the approaches used in legitimising the literacy project amongst community people; and reports the…
Descriptors: Empowerment, Socioeconomic Status, Literacy Education, Adult Learning
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Greenberg, Daphne; Wise, Justin C.; Morris, Robin; Fredrick, Laura D.; Rodrigo, Victoria; Nanda, Alice O.; Pae, Hye K. – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2011
This study measured the effectiveness of various instructional approaches on the reading outcomes of 198 adults who read single words at the 3.0 through 5.9 grade equivalency levels. The students were randomly assigned to one of the following interventions: Decoding and Fluency; Decoding, Comprehension, and Fluency; Decoding, Comprehension,…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Reading Difficulties, Reading Programs
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Hock, Michael F.; Mellard, Daryl F. – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2011
Results from randomized controlled trials of learning strategies instruction with 375 adult basic education participants are reported. Reading outcomes from whole group strategic instruction in 1 of 4 learning strategies were compared to outcomes of reading instruction delivered in the context of typical adult education units on social studies,…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Adult Education, Reading Instruction, Control Groups
Charron, Jocelyn – Canadian Literacy and Learning Network, 2012
The purpose of this literature review is to explore the relationship between literacy and poverty primarily using data from the series of related international literacy assessments, commonly referred to as the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS). IALS data provides extensive information about literacy and related factors such as employment,…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Poverty, International Assessment, Adult Literacy
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Olojede, Adeshina Abideen; Oladitan, Idowu Oladiran – Educational Research and Reviews, 2013
Literacy is an indispensable foundation that enables young people and adults to engage in learning opportunities at all stages of the learning continuum. Literacy is a prerequisite for the development of personal, social, economic and political empowerment. In Nigeria, attempt to increase access to literacy education for the enhancement of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Predictor Variables, Literacy, Access to Education
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